Most mediocre teams to win the WC
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From: Karamako on 18 Jul 2010 04:47 Insane Ranter wrote: > 1966? Greece won Euro 2004 playing a /sophisticated/ defence and winning 1-0 each round.
From: Mark on 18 Jul 2010 05:04 On Jul 18, 12:16 am, Insane Ranter <log...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > 1966? Exactly! Home advantage, blatant gamesmanship in the semi-final, the ball not crossing the line for the decisive "goal" in the final, possibly (although as far as I know there isn't much evidence for this) a refereeing conspiracy in the quarter-final, Antonio Rattin (conspiracy or not) sent off for nothing in the quarter-final. Without all those advantages there's no way England would have won it, as has been proved by the fact that they've never reached the final of a major tournament before or since.
From: Diabolik on 18 Jul 2010 06:30 "Alkamista" <alkamista(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message news:162dd6bc-d209-4d6d-a0a3-edf4d0f1d2a8(a)i31g2000yqm.googlegroups.com... On Jul 17, 9:43 pm, "Diabolik" <Diabo...(a)nospam.com> wrote: > "Clarkoo" <gabl...(a)yahoo.es> wrote in message > > news:c1d4fb41-aab7-4785-ad4e-7d8c48a36ca9(a)s9g2000yqd.googlegroups.com... > On Jul 17, 9:30 am, "Karamako" <monsieur.karam...(a)nawadoo.fr> wrote: > > > Clarkoo wrote: > > > In my lifetime Italy 2006 definetely and Brasil 94. I'm also told that > > > Argentina 78 were pretty bad and they needed "an extra push" (if you > > > know what I'm saying" to win that WC. > > You mean Spain were good this year? LOL > > I would say they were worst than Italy in the last WC. > LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL! Look at the stats;) GF GA Italy 12 2 Spain 8 2
From: Clarkoo on 18 Jul 2010 07:17 On Jul 18, 3:32 am, "Paul C" <p...(a)thersgb.net> wrote: > "Clarkoo" <gabl...(a)yahoo.es> wrote in message > > news:f2377ff3-d823-4263-981c-d882747c7093(a)z10g2000yqb.googlegroups.com... > > > > >. I'm also told that > > Argentina 78 were pretty bad > > Who told you that? Jorge
From: higgs on 18 Jul 2010 07:36
On Jul 18, 7:04 pm, Mark <Pammieshe...(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > On Jul 18, 12:16 am, Insane Ranter <log...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > 1966? > > Exactly! Home advantage, blatant gamesmanship in the semi-final, the > ball not crossing the line for the decisive "goal" in the final, > possibly (although as far as I know there isn't much evidence for > this) a refereeing conspiracy in the quarter-final, Antonio Rattin > (conspiracy or not) sent off for nothing in the quarter-final. Without > all those advantages there's no way England would have won it, as has > been proved by the fact that they've never reached the final of a > major tournament before or since. Argentina well deserved the epithet 'Animals' in that QF. Rattin was simply the icing on the cake of a woefully cynical and brutal Argentinian team in that tournament (and yes, I saw every game). The 'decisive' goal has long been held up to be an impossibility because it was against the laws of physics for the ball to have hit the bar and bounced down behind the line. The Germany match this time around proved that this was indeed possible. But anyway, please elaborate on the English 'gamesmanship' in the SF. I assume you have seen the game? |